Mortality from external causes among ethnic German immigrants from former Soviet Union countries, in Germany

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 376-382

  Kyobutungi, Catherine ^a   Ronellenfitsch, Ulrich ^a   Razum, Oliver ^a,b   Becher, Heiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Immigration; Mortality; Soviet Union; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GERMANY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; USSR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; USSR;

EID: 33748131742     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckl013     Document Type: Article

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